antiquity
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"The new finds of Homo teeth from 2.6 -- 2.8 million year old sediments -- reported in this paper -- confirms the antiquity of our lineage," said Brian Villmoare, lead author and ASU alumnus.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
And yet here comes Simon Armitage, the poet laureate of the U.K., with his stunning new verse translation, not as a vandal of antiquity but as a lucid accomplice to its endurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
That the statue survived at all is exceptional: in antiquity, bronze was a valuable raw material routinely melted down for weapons, coins or everyday objects.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
If a viewer tunes in to a show about Egyptian archaeology and the artifacts of antiquity, he or she is likely already deeply interested, so the cheerleading is unnecessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Virtually the same applies in Egyptology, in which the study of the Ptolemaic “late period” has long been the neglected stepchild of a discipline engrossed by the Rameseses and Thut- moses of high antiquity.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
"It's one of the first cases where we can see the whole discussion about restitution of antiquities that were illegally exported, until some were returned to Turkey," Alexandridis said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Dr Ittai Gradel, the academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of many hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum, has died of cancer, aged 61.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Sassine said Aliph teamed up with local antiquities authorities to repair a section of blown-apart fencing to prevent people from entering the jeopardized site or its visitors center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Turkey is now seeking the repatriation of other antiquities taken during the Ottoman era: an ancient marble torso called the "Old Fisherman" from Berlin, and dozens of Iznik tiles held at France's Louvre museum.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
“I always considered scientific opinion more objective than esthetic judgments,” the Getty’s curator of antiquities Marion True said when the truth about the kouros finally emerged.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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